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The two women whose sexual harassment complaints led to the resignation of former Attorney General Marc Dann have settled with the state for around a quarter of a million dollars each. A woman will now behind the wheel at ODOT - assistant ODOT director Jolene Molitoris takes over for James Beasley, who's retiring after less than two years. The Ohio Supreme Court will decide a critical issue to city employees, especially police officers, firefighters and other safety workers - if they have to live within the city limits, a requirement overturned by a 2006 state law. Ohioans watched Barack Obama become the nation's first black president gathered in movie theaters, museums, classrooms and churches, and a few dozen gathered at the Statehouse to watch history with a distinguished group - members of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Next week Gov. Ted Strickland will deliver his third State of the State speech, and he's expected to reveal at least some of what he plans to do about the gaping $7 billion hole in the next budget cycle. Two experts have different ideas on what they think needs to be done. Jon Honeck is with Policy Matters Ohio, and says part of the state's budget problems can be blamed on the 2005 income and business tax reforms started by Gov. Bob Taft. Rick Yocum is with the Ohio Public Expenditure Council, an independent, nonprofit research organization. Yocum believes, as he writes in his monthly newsletter, "the magic word is 'cut'".
One of the surprises from last year's State of the State speech was an announcement from Governor Strickland that he wanted to take over the Department of Education, and assign oversight of it to a cabinet-level education director, reducing the state school board and the superintendent it hires to advisory roles. Not surprisingly, superintendent Susan Zelman left office a few months later. She's been replaced by Deborah Delisle, the former superintendent of the Cleveland Heights University Heights schools district. Delisle talks about arriving at a difficult time for the state in terms of the economy, and at a time of great anticipation, as the governor is likely to soon reveal his plans for reforming Ohio's public education system.
Next week Gov. Ted Strickland will deliver his third State of the State speech, and he's expected to reveal at least some of what he plans to do about the gaping $7 billion hole in the next budget cycle. Two experts have different ideas on what they think needs to be done. Jon Honeck is with Policy Matters Ohio, and says part of the state's budget problems can be blamed on the 2005 income and business tax reforms started by Gov. Bob Taft. Rick Yocum is with the Ohio Public Expenditure Council, an independent, nonprofit research organization. Yocum believes, as he writes in his monthly newsletter, "the magic word is 'cut'".
One of the surprises from last year's State of the State speech was an announcement from Governor Strickland that he wanted to take over the Department of Education, and assign oversight of it to a cabinet-level education director, reducing the state school board and the superintendent it hires to advisory roles. Not surprisingly, superintendent Susan Zelman left office a few months later. She's been replaced by Deborah Delisle, the former superintendent of the Cleveland Heights University Heights schools district. Delisle talks about arriving at a difficult time for the state in terms of the economy, and at a time of great anticipation, as the governor is likely to soon reveal his plans for reforming Ohio's public education system.
January 23, 2009